The Garbage Dump and Organized Crime
I passed up an invitation to attend the Nobel ceremony in Norway, heading home instead, because I’m accustomed, in a way, to being unfree: I’m a sewer rat, scurrying… More
From Secret to Shameless: The Chinese Communist Party’s Change in Tyranny Before and After the Olympics
The 2008 Beijing Olympics was a turning point for China’s tyrannical dictators just as the 1936 Berlin Olympics was for Hitler’s Germany. More
Murong Xuecun on China’s ‘Crappy Freedom’
In this excerpt, the Beijing-based novelist discusses the banality of Chinese censorship. More
Human Rights in Post-Olympic China
Hosting one Olympics cannot change the judicial system, the news system, or nature of the regime. China’s democratic progress needs the continued growth of civil rights awareness, continued spreading… More
Writers press China on media freedom
Some 200 leading writers appealed Friday to China to respect freedom of expression and free jailed authors, describing the country's strict censorship as a stain on a vibrant culture. More
Report on creativity and constraint in China
On World Press Freedom Day, PEN International launched The PEN Report: Creativity and Constraint in Today's China. The culmination of five years of collaborative research among PEN members inside… More
Tibet: After the Beijing Olympics
How can one express Tibet’s calamity and suffering in only a few words? Over the past several years, so many outstanding Tibetan people have suddenly and cruelly been taken… More
The PEN Report: Creativity and Constraint in Today’s China
This report compiles the ongoing threats to individual writers and journalists and our assessment of the climate for freedom of expression in China. More
Salman Rushdie on Chinese Censorship
An interview with the award-winning author about freedom of expression, the People's Republic, and how literature can thrive under repressive governments. More
Letter to the Editor: Artistic freedom in China
Creativity is strength. Freeing China’s creative voices will enrich us all. More
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